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MattHag committed Feb 11, 2024
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### Installing Solaar's udev rule

Solaar needs to write to HID devices and receivers.
Solaar needs to write to HID devices and receivers.
To achieve this without Solaar running as root, requires a udev rule. Run `make install_udev` in Solaar's root folder to
install and reload udev rule.

<details>
<summary>Manual steps</summary>

You can install this rule manually by copying the file
[`rules.d/42-logitech-unify-permissions.rules`](/rules.d/42-logitech-unify-permissions.rules) as root from Solaar repo
[`rules.d/42-logitech-unify-permissions.rules`](/rules.d/42-logitech-unify-permissions.rules) as root from Solaar repo
to `/etc/udev/rules.d`.
Let udev reload its rules by running
`sudo udevadm control --reload-rules`.
</details>

Then disconnect your receivers and any USB- or Bluetooth-connected devices for the udev rule to take effect and
Then disconnect your receivers and any USB- or Bluetooth-connected devices for the udev rule to take effect and
re-connect them or just reboot your computer.






## Running from the download directory

To run Solaar from the download directory, first install the Solaar udev rule if necessary.
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